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Behind the Guinness Gates

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Behind the Guinness Gate is the first podcast series from the Guinness Storehouse. Hosted by Irish historian, Turtle Bunbury, the 8-part series features interviews with rapper Mango and chef Niall Sabongi as well as Guinness Flavour Essence Manager, Kate Curran, Iveagh Trust’s Rory Guinness and local historians Liz Gillis and Cathy Scuffil. The series also includes three episodes by Turtle about the formative years of St James’s Gate and the brewery’s strong sense of employee welfare and soc ...
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Mango has been hailed by Hot Press magazine as ‘one of Ireland’s most important hip-hop acts of the 21st century’. He talks about growing up as a ‘true blue’ Dub in the shadow of the brewery, where his great-grandfather worked as a cooper, as well as performing in the Storehouse for Other Voices and how his rapping technique was forged by the story…
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Turtle looks at how Guinness has changed the Dublin skyline beyond the Storehouse through its work on housing, social housing, and green space. He homes in on the redbrick Iveagh Trust Buildings, the Bayno play centre, the Iveagh Baths and the evolution of St Stephen’s Green, St Patrick’s Park and the Iveagh Gardens.…
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We meet the scientific, brewing guru whose role is to ensure that every pint of Guinness tastes as gorgeous as the next. Kate Curran talks of the science behind that matchless flavour, the specifics of barley and the creation of Guinness Zero, as well as what it’s like to be the fifth generation of her family to work at the brewery.…
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Since the 1880s, over 26,000 men and women have been employed at the Guinness brewery. For many, it was a job ‘for life’, replete with healthcare, education and sporting benefits. Turtle talks of the Guinness doctor who revolutionised Ireland’s ambulance service, the Hollywood star who drove a forklift truck for Guinness, and why those doing “hot-w…
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